Gerald Noel ‘Gerry’ Coughlan
Athletics
BIOGRAPHY
Gerry Coughlan competed in the men’s 800 metres and the 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, having broken the national 880 yards record (1:56.2) at the inter-club championship at College Park in the same year.
From Youghal, County Cork, Coughlan was a lieutenant in the Irish Army who had come to prominence over the previous three years in middle-distance running. He was eliminated in the heat of the 800m and also competed in the steeplechase alongside Paavo Nurmi.
